Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1896
Medium:
Silver, gilding
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 7/8 x 1 x 3/4 in. ( 12.4 x 2.5 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with image of San Miguel Church in Santa Fe, New Mexico, engraved within cartouche on inside of gilded bowl; flower and scroll motifs on handle.
Credit Line:
Gift of Dr. Thomas O. Mabbott
Object Number:
1949.215
Marks:
intaglio: inside bowl: "SAN MIGUEL / CHURCH / SANTA FE / N. M. / ERECTED / 1580"
stamped: on reverse: "PAT / 1896"/ [lion][anchor]G STERLING"
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1896
eMuseum Object ID:
40645
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Trowel
Classification:
Date:
1904
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 12 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 1 1/2 in. ( 31.1 x 10.5 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Cast silver and ivory trowel with a tapered, cylindrical ivory handle with a molded silver tip, a tapered handle socket and a tapered and curved stem with a triangular joint; diamond-shaped blade with a long pointed tip and an engraved foilate border; blade engraved, "PRESENTED BY THE / 69TH REGIMENT, N.G.N.Y. / Honorable Geo. B. McClellan / MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY / on the occassion of / laying the corner stone / of its new armory/ Lexington Avenue, / 25th-26th Streets / April 23rd / 1904" in block letters, script and gothic script; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of George B. McClellan
Object Number:
1922.107
Marks:
engraved: on the blade: "PRESENTED BY THE / 69TH REGIMENT, N.G.N.Y. / Honorable Geo. B. McClellan / MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY / on the occassion of / laying the corner stone / of its new armory/ Lexington Avenue, / 25th-26th Streets / April 23rd / 1904" in b
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1904
eMuseum Object ID:
40634
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Trowel
Classification:
Date:
1905
Medium:
Silver, ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 14 x 4 5/8 x 1 5/8 in. ( 35.6 x 11.7 x 4.1 cm )
Description:
Cast silver and ivory trowel with a tapered, cylindrical ivory handle with a carved, spiraling midband, a molded silver tip and a tapered and bent stem with a fan-shaped joint; diamond-shaped blade with a long pointed tip engraved, "THIS TROWEL/ WAS USED TO LAY THE/ CORNER STONE/ OF/ POLICE HEADQUATERS/ BY/ THE MAYOR/ HON*GEORGE*B*MACCLELLAN/ MAY 6 TH 1905" in block letters; maker's marks stamped on the underside of the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of George B. McClellan
Object Number:
1922.110
Marks:
engraved: on the blade: "THIS TROWEL/ WAS USED TO LAY THE/ CORNER STONE/ OF/ POLICE HEADQUATERS/ BY/ THE MAYOR/ HON*GEORGE*B*MACCLEELAN/ MAY 6 TH 1905" in block letters
stamped: on the underside of the blade: lion passant in a chafered rectangle, anchor
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1905
eMuseum Object ID:
40633
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Hammer
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1909
Medium:
Silver, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 9 7/8 x 3 3/4 x 1 in. ( 25.1 x 9.5 x 2.5 cm )
Description:
Cast silver presentation hammer with flat faces, with one blunt end and one cutting end and a turned wooden handle with a ball finial; on side of the hammer engraved, "HENRY HUDSON MONUMENT/ SPUYTEN DUYVIL HILL/ CORNER STON LAID SEPT. 27. 1909." in roman letters and the other side, "HAMMER USED BY/ Governor Charles E. Hughes." in roman letters and gothic script.
Object Number:
INV.14126
Marks:
engraved: on one side of the hammer: "HENRY HUDSON MONUMENT/ SPUYTEN DUYVIL HILL/ CORNER STON LAID SEPT. 27. 1909." in roman letters
engraved: on the opposite side of the hammer: "HAMMER USED BY/ Governor Charles E. Hughes." in roman letters and gothic s
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1909
eMuseum Object ID:
40631
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Presentation sword
Classification:
Date:
1886
Medium:
Silver, copper
Dimensions:
Overall: 13 5/8 x 2 7/8 x 2 3/4 in. ( 34.6 x 7.3 x 7 cm )
Description:
Cast and wrought silver presentation sword trophy; tapered ovoid handle with a tapered surface; oval copper hilt, with an oval hole cut to the right of the blade,decorated with patinated silver and copper birds on a branch on a river bank; flat, hammered blade with a pointed, snub-nosed blade; blade engraved on one side, "PRESENTED BY THE/ Tennis Building Association/ OF NEW YORK FEB. 22D 1886./ FIRST PRIZE FOR DOUBLES/ WON BY/ H. M. Slocum Jr. & George Richards." in gothic script and roman letters; engraved on the opposite side of the blade, "GR" in foliate script; "STERLING" stamped above the hilt.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Harriet MacMartin Richards and Mrs. Marjorie R. Reynolds
Object Number:
1942.277
Marks:
engraved: on one side of the blade: "PRESENTED BY THE/ Tennis Building Association/ OF NEW YORK FEB. 22D 1886./ FIRST PRIZE FOR DOUBLES/ WON BY/ H. M. Slocum Jr. & George Richards." in gothic script and roman letters
engraved: on the opposite side of th
Gallery Label:
This sword was presented to tennis doubles champion George Richards (1849-1930) in 1886 to commemorate his victory, with Henry W. Slocum, Jr. (1862-1949), in a tournament sponsored by the Tennis Building Association. This curious trophy resembles a small Japanese sword or kodachi. It is composed of a hammered silver blade and handle with a genuine Japanese sword guard or tsuba in mixed metals. Both the form of the trophy and the tsuba itself reveal the fad for Japanese-inspired decorative arts that took hold in the United States in the 1870s and 1880s. The silver manufacturing firm Dominick and Haff produced accomplished silver in the Japanese taste. The trophy was likely a special order, as no similar examples by Dominick and Haff are known.
Provenance:
George Richards (1849-1930), who married Harriet M. MacMartin (1860-1939); his daughters, Harriet MacMartin Richards (b. 1884) and Marjorie Richards Reynolds (1885-1943), the donors.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1886
eMuseum Object ID:
40630
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Carving knife
Classification:
Date:
1875-1889
Medium:
Stainless steel, faux ivory
Dimensions:
Overall: 20 1/4 x 1 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. ( 51.4 x 4.4 x 3.8 cm )
Description:
Stainless steel flat blade with rounded end; faux ivory handle; squared silver handle socket composed of tapered rectangular cuff with engraved flowers enclosing joint with large oblong ivory handle; ivory handle engraved "D'W." in gothic-style characters; maker's mark stamped on the blade.
Credit Line:
Gift of Miss Julia Ethel Brown
Object Number:
1956.29
Marks:
engraved: on the handle: "D' W." in gothic script
stamped: on the blade: "M. PRICE/ SAN FRAN"
Gallery Label:
This carving knife was used by the Dewitt family of New York.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1889
eMuseum Object ID:
40629
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Presentation spade
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1907
Medium:
Steel, silver, wood
Dimensions:
Overall: 31 x 6 3/4 x 3 3/4 in. ( 78.7 x 17.1 x 9.5 cm )
Description:
Steel presentation spade with inlaid silver; blade, inscribed in the center, with a curved wooden shaft and oar shaped handle with an applied silver plaque; plaque engraved, "WITH THIS SPADE/ THE FIRST SOD WAS TURNED BY/ GEORGE B. Mc CLELLAN/ THE MAYOR" in roman letters; blade inscribed, "PRESENTED TO/ GEORGE B. Mc CLELLAN,/ MAYOR of THE CITY of NEW YORK/ COMMISSIONED BY THE BOARD/ OF WATER SUPPLY,/ J. EDWARD SIMMONS,/ CHARLES N. CHADWICK,/ CHARLES A. SHAW/ AT THE INAUGRATION/ OF THE/ CONSTRUCTION OF THE CATSKILL/ WATER WORKS,/ ON THE LINE OF THE AQUEDUCT/ NEAR PEEKSKILL, N.Y./ JUNE 20, 1907." below the seal of the City of New York surrounded by cornucopia.
Credit Line:
Gift of the Honorable George B. McClellan
Object Number:
1922.104
Marks:
engraved: on a plaque on the handle: "WITH THIS SPADE/ THE FIRST SOD WAS TURNED BY/ GEORGE B. Mc CLELLAN/ THE MAYOR" in roman letters
engraved: on the blade: "PRESENTED TO/ GEORGE B. Mc CLEELAN,/ MAYOR of THE CITY of NEW YORK/ COMMISSIONED BY THE BOARD/
Gallery Label:
This presentation spade was used by the donor to turn the first sod of the Catskill Water Supply System, June 20, 1907.
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1907
eMuseum Object ID:
40627
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Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
ca. 1900
Medium:
Silver, enamel
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3/4 x 5/8 in. ( 10.2 x 1.9 x 1.6 cm )
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with pyramidal monument and Civil War dates on inside of bowl; wavy handle with scrolled edges and upturned tip with crossed Confederate(?) flags decorated with red and white enamel; pseudo-hallmark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.14478
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "1861 / 1865 / CSA"
stamped: on back of bowl: "[lion][anchor]G / STERLING"
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1900
eMuseum Object ID:
40607
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1890-1910
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 x 3/4 x 1/2 in. ( 10.2 x 1.9 x 1.3 cm )
Description:
silver souvenir spoon with monument with inscription "JASPER" below base in relief on inside of bowl; inscribed "SAVANNAH" in relief on obverse of handle; maker's mark on reverse.
Object Number:
INV.14477
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "JASPER"
in relief: on obverse of handle: "SAVANNAH"
stamped: on reverse of bowl: "[lion][anchor]G / STERLING"
stamped: on reverse of handle: "THEUS BROS."
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1910
eMuseum Object ID:
40606
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
Souvenir spoon
Classification:
Date:
1900-1930
Medium:
Silver
Dimensions:
Overall: 4 1/4 x 7/8 x 3/4 in. ( 10.8 x 2.2 x 1.9 cm )
Description:
Cast silver souvenir spoon with the old Cape Florida Light on inside of pointed oval bowl and profile bust of Osceola, Chief of the Seminoles, on the reverse; straight, narrow handle with angled end and relief inscriptions on obverse and reverse; stamped maker's mark on side of handle.
Object Number:
INV.13997
Marks:
in relief: on inside of bowl: "THE OLD / CAPE FLORIDA LIGHT"
in relief: on on obverse of handle: "Miami Biscayne Bay Florida"
in relief: on back of bowl: "OSCEOLA"
in relief: on reverse of handle: "Seminole Soffkee[?] Spoon"
stamped: on sides of handl
Gallery Label:
In the 1890s and early years of the twentieth century thousands of souvenir spoons were made by dozens of United States manufacturers. Gorham, the largest manufacturer of sterling flatwares in the U.S. at the turn of the century, dominated the souvenir spoon market almost from the beginning. (See Charles H. Carpenter, Jr., "Gorham Silver, 1831-1981," pp. 180-199.)
Date Begin:
0
Date End:
1930
eMuseum Object ID:
40605
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
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